Arohan's  Instablog

2012 so far has turned out to be great for equities in the US with S&P already returning over 4% this year. The Value Stock Guide portfolio has done even better, with 14% returns YTD, comfortably beating S&P this year and for the life of the portfolio. That is, if close to 30% annualized outperformance since inception can be termed "comfortable".

At the turn of the year, we ran a number of screens for finding a good shortlist of stocks that investors can research further for setting up their portfolio for the year 2012 and beyond. All these screens are biased towards value and I have filtered them by size and investment goals so investors can match the stocks with their investment requirements. Also, these lists, along with a little more valuation data, can be downloaded in Excel through each of the following pages.

1. Best Dividend Stocks for 2012
2. Best Small Cap Stocks for 2012
3. Best Mid Cap Investments for 2012
4. Best Large Cap Stocks to Buy for 2012

You can access the master list of Best Stocks for 2012 here.
After deeper research, some of these stocks will (and have) make it to the Value Stock Guide watch list and eventually the real portfolio. I post my recommendations for stocks to buy for my members, so consider becoming one if you are interested. The cost is very reasonable and to be frank, you could have already recovered the cost of subscription in the first 10 days of January, with enough profits to spare to gift a few more to your family and friends. Heck, if you had just bought this stock when I recommended it back in November right here at Seeking Alpha, you would have already more than doubled your investment. I recommended this stock to my members weeks before I published it on Seeking Alpha. Sorry, my other picks are for member's only but you can be one of the lucky 2000 that I am allowing to sign up.

You have no doubt noticed that Value Stock Guide now seems to pop up every where you go on the web. This reflects the kind of growth we are enjoying. Why not join us and check out what my stock picks can do for your portfolio! The membership is a risk free investment for you so it just makes sense to take advantage of it.